LAHONTAN, NEVADA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Heating Degree Days

Station:(264349) LAHONTAN
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Heating Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
65 980 735 626 395 186 48 2 4 63 283 641 937 4898
60 825 594 472 261 101 18 0 1 25 163 491 782 3733
57 732 509 382 192 64 9 0 0 13 108 402 690 3101
55 670 453 324 151 46 5 0 0 8 79 344 628 2709
50 516 316 195 72 16 1 0 0 2 33 214 474 1840
Heating Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the base temperature and the daily average temperature. (Base Temp. - Daily Ave. Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is below the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 65 and the low temperature was 31, the base 50 heating degree day units is 50 - ((65 + 31) / 2) = 2. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

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